1/25/2013

Away for the week and The Hobbit

My post is late this week because my family had suddenly decided to go away for the week so I didn't have time to post anything, also the place we were staying had no internet. Pretty much all of my mothers siblings, her parents and the majority of my cousins from my mothers side were all staying out there with us so it was pretty crowded. It was nice though seeing everyone, also it was really relaxing to go and stay out at the beach. I really enjoyed myself.

Something that I did manage to do while we were out there was see the hobbit and read the book. I enjoyed them both and it was interesting to the differences in the both of them. I wasn't a big fan of the changes that they made to the film though, like how Azoc (I think that's how you spell it) was the primary villain of the film when he was only briefly mentioned in the book. Not sure why they did that, it could have been done to add a consistent villain that they can have throughout the film, but I don't think that they needed that. Something I did like about the movie was Martin Freeman as Bilbo, I thought that he did a nice job and made a really likable Bilbo, I also liked how they did the game of riddles. Gollum was really creepy in that and it was fun to watch Bilbo try to outwit him. After reading the book I can see why they decided to make multiple films, but I think that two might have been better than three but I guess we will have to see. So all in all, I really loved the book and thought it was great, I liked the movie too but I did have a few problems with it.

I guess that I should actually visit Hobbiton sometime. It is down the road form me (about an hours drive) so I should really go there. I have been to a few places that the lord of the rings was shot in. I've been to the place where they shot Minis Stirith and Helmsdeep, its just a rock quarry now and in the films and I did manage to recognize some of the locations they were in. Also I had a friend who was one of the hobbiton extras and it's pretty cool to see one of your friends in a block buster film, even if it is for just a few seconds.

Anyway guys, hope you have an awesome week
DFTBA

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